The pandemic will certainly have an impact on our lives in a variety of ways in 2022. This means that the growth of digital content and new businesses on the internet will continue at a rapid pace. However, as we enter a new year, the need for more sustainable content, ever-increasing digital assets, and increasing demand for new, well-researched, and consumable content will begin to reclaim their position as the most important drivers of Search engine optimization.

But if you are here reading it, this is your signal to stop hurting your site in 2022.

 SEO can make or break your business. A strong SEO foundation is your site’s best friend if you want to make it in 2022. But there along comes the SEO mistakes you have been practicing since inception.No matter how many efforts you put in, there are some common mistakes that can wash away all your efforts in one swirl. 

Nobody (perhaps with the exception of Google) has a crystal ball that can predict what will make your website crawl ranking in 2022. However, we can still evaluate available data, examine current trends, and use official Google advice as a guide.

We have listed some mistakes you should avoid in 2022, let’s dive in and study them to make the most out of your SEO efforts   

Stuffing keywords like cheese in Mac and cheese

Cheese sure adds taste to the recipes but Obnoxious Keyword Stuffing does not more than hurt your content and annoy your visitors.

We’ve all heard of keywords, which are necessary for search engine algorithms to crawl your website and determine what your content is about. It wasn’t difficult to find websites with a keyword in almost every other sentence during the early years of SEO. It was assumed that the greater the density of keyword appearances in web content, the simpler it would be for search engines to monitor the content and rank it higher for the relevant keywords.

As an outcome, keyword stuffing will no longer work because Google can detect what users are really looking for when they type something into the search box. And users aren’t searching for their search phrase superimposed all over a web page’s content!

Your UX is not an old movie cassette

If your site isn’t mobile responsive, or if it doesn’t display properly on every mobile device, you’ll suffer as well.

Because more people browse the web as well as search on mobile devices, Google has even released a mobile-first update.

A poor mobile website not only hurts conversions but can also harm your SEO presence.

Begin by testing your site on mobile devices with Google’s mobile testing tool. They’ll even give you pointers to help you get there faster.

Unnatural, unrealistic, spam links

Getting backlinks is a crucial component of off-site SEO, and acquiring more backlinks is referred to as link building. However, link building, like so many other aspects of SEO optimization, is not quick and easy. Most backlinks are good, some are excellent, and some are harmful. A high number of toxic backlinks can impact your ranking.

Toxic backlinks may not only harm your ranking but may also result in search engine penalties.

Many people tend to spam users by writing backlinks of the exact same color of the background so that it won’t be visible to the user. But Google knows everything and it knows how this is a spam practice, Many such tactics are practiced by more than 60% of sites.

Avoid doing this, slow and honest growth reaps maximum efforts when it comes to SEO.

Spamming in the comment section

What is wrong with people spamming in comment sections of valuable blog posts.

Whenever I see a good blog post I jump into their comment section to add value or to clear up my doubt regarding the subject, but all I see there are random website owners promoting their sites, tagging random accounts, and asking people to check out their work. 

Is it that easy?

If you are unknowingly doing this in 2021, please stop! This will never help you draw an audience base and will kill your chances of making a connection with the website owner.

Not using a content pillar 

One of our clients asked me, “My content is original and valuable, still the traffic I get is very low and conversions are even lower, what should be done?”

Many of us miss out on strategic content planning and get juggled into such issues.

It’s difficult to find a content strategy that increases website traffic and user engagement as well as topic clusters. The majestic pillar page is the powerful engine that propels them.

What is a pillar page?

A pillar page is high-level content that provides a broad overview of a core topic and links to more detailed articles on specific subtopics.

When the audience gets everything at one place, they won’t go anywhere and keep visiting you back.

Pillar pages are beneficial to users because they completely cover a topic, offering deeper dives into subtopics at precisely the right time.

You’ll be far more likely to improve your search engine rankings and organic traffic if you focus on content creation in 2022 with this approach. They assist Google in comprehending your site, how the pages relate to one another, and where you have acumen.